About Us

Established in 2018, Bybit is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges and digital financial platforms, serving over 80 million users across more than 200 countries and regions. Powered by world-class technology and a user-first mindset, Bybit delivers a seamless ecosystem across trading, payments, wealth management, custody, institutional services, and Web3 — connecting users to the future of digital finance.

Our core values define how we build. We listen, care and improve to create products and experiences that put users first. Backed by a global team of ambitious builders, problem-solvers, and innovators, we foster a high-performance and fast-moving environment where talent is empowered to drive real impact at the global scale. Supported by 24/7 multilingual customer service and a strong commitment to innovation, we are shaping the future of finance through technology, collaboration, and bold execution.

Today, Bybit is recognized as one of the most trusted and transparent platforms in the digital asset industry, continuing to expand its global presence while building the infrastructure for the next generation of financial services.

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Responsibilities

1. System Reliability

Ensure the stability, availability, and performance of the company's core business infrastructure across AWS and Tencent Cloud globally; accountable for production environment SLAs.

Maintain stable operation and troubleshooting of the service mesh based on Kubernetes + Envoy/Istio architecture; drive gateway-layer governance standards.

Define and implement SLO/SLI/Error Budget frameworks to continuously improve service reliability.

Identify system bottlenecks and single points of failure; drive architectural improvements.

2. Automation & Engineering Efficiency

Develop operations automation tools: capacity assessment, auto-scaling, self-healing, and change automation.

Build SRE platforms: lead or contribute to building SRE platforms (capacity management, cost analysis, service health dashboards) and iterate continuously with the team.

API integration: interface with monitoring systems, cloud platforms, and Kubernetes APIs to enable automated data workflows.

Chaos Engineering: design and implement chaos engineering practices to proactively validate system fault tolerance.

IaC & CI/CD: advance Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Helm / GitOps) and CI/CD pipeline optimization to improve release safety and reduce manual operations.

3. Capacity Planning & Performance Optimization

Establish and continuously iterate capacity assessment frameworks; develop scaling plans aligned with business growth projections.

Identify performance bottlenecks; drive architectural optimization and cost efficiency (redundancy optimization, cost reduction).

Participate in capacity estimation and scaling plans for major promotions and high-traffic events.

Build cost-efficiency metrics; track and optimize per-unit business cost

Requirements

Development Skills

Proficient in at least one programming language: Python / Go / Java / Node.js (Python or Go preferred).

Able to independently deliver end-to-end features: from requirements analysis → design → coding → testing → deployment.

Backend development experience: familiar with RESTful API design and databases (SQL/NoSQL).

Strong scripting skills: able to quickly write Shell/Python scripts to solve day-to-day operations issues.

SRE Fundamentals

3+ years of SRE/DevOps experience with large-scale distributed systems.

Linux expertise: solid understanding of Linux internals, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.

Container technologies: proficient in Docker and Kubernetes with production-level K8s management experience.

Monitoring & alerting: experienced with Prometheus / Grafana / ELK; able to design monitoring metrics and alerting strategies.

CI/CD: familiar with GitLab CI / Jenkins / ArgoCD with hands-on automated deployment experience.

Soft Skills

Data-driven mindset: make decisions backed by metrics and data.

Problem-solving: quickly identify root causes and drive cross-team collaboration to resolve issues.

Influence: able to evangelize SRE culture to development teams and drive reliability engineering practices (SLO, Postmortem, change management) across business teams.

Ownership: take full accountability for the reliability of owned services; proactively identify and optimize issues.

Fast learner: able to quickly ramp up on new technologies and tools.

Nice to Have

Experience building internal operations platforms from scratch, with full-stack development skills to independently deliver a complete platform.

Familiarity with cloud-native technologies (Istio, Service Mesh, Operator pattern) and service governance (rate limiting, degradation, circuit breaking).

Hands-on Chaos Engineering experience.

Practical experience in capacity planning and cost optimization (FinOps).

Operations experience in finance, trading systems, or high-concurrency scenarios, including capacity assurance for major promotions or high-traffic events.

Why Join Us
At Bybit, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching work environment.
Our benefits include:
- Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.
- Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.
- Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.
- Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.
- Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.

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